Archive for the ‘Cinema’ Category

Greta Garbo (September 18, 1905 – April 15, 1990) was a Swedish actress. She was born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson in Stockholm, Sweden, the youngest of three children born to Karl Alfred Gustafsson (1871-1920) and Anna Lovisa Johnasson (1872-1944). Her older sister and brother were Alva and Sven. Becoming an actress When Greta was fourteen, her […]

Romain Gavras exploded onto the word stage three years ago with his ultra-violent video for the Justice track ‘Stress’, in which a gang of black teens from Paris’s impoverished ban lieu smash the shit out of practically everything and everyone they come into contact with. He followed that up earlier this year with his equally […]

Yves Saint Laurent is heralded as one of the greatest fashion designers of the twentieth century. Together with his once-lover and longtime business partner, Pierre Bergé, the Yves Saint Laurent Couture House broke boundaries that shook the world of fashion, forever changing the way women dressed. Along the way, they collected a one-of-a- kind art […]

In A NOTEBOOK ON CITIES AND CLOTHES, Wim Wenders offers a handsome, clever portrait of revered Japanese fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto.In this film, the director has taken on the subject of Japanese designer as he prepares to debut his designs for another season in Paris Along with his countrymen Issey Miyake and Rei Kawakubo, Yamamoto […]

If you missed Colin Firth’s Oscar-nominated performance in the theaters, you get a second chance.”A Single Man” was released on Blu-ray and DVD on July 6, 2010. Here are the details: Internationally renowned fashion designer Tom Ford makes his critically-acclaimed filmmaking debut with the seductive and stylish romantic drama “A Single Man,” Featuring sumptuous art […]

SARAH JESSICA PARKER has been enlisted to present the CFDA Board of Directors’ Special Tribute Award to the late Alexander McQueen at this year’s event on June 7. Parker attended the Costume Institute Gala as the designer’s partner in 2003 – sporting matching tartan. “He was talented well beyond his years and the seriousness and […]